Veneer trimmer and gage.



L. WALIGORSKI.

VENEER TRIMMER AND GAGE.

APPLIUATION FILED DEG. 5, 1914.

1,129,531, Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS C0.,PHOTG-L|TH:1.. WASHINGTON, D. C.

LOUIS WALIGORSKI, O1? NEW YORK, N. Y.

VENEER TRIMMER AND GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application filed December 5, 1914. Serial No. 875,598.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, LoUIs WALiooRsKI, subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at New York, in the county of New York andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVeneer Trimmers and Gages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in veneertrimmers and gages.

The primary object of the device is to provide a means whereby thinmaterial such as wood'or paper if desired may be trimmed at the edgethereof and the distance of the cut from the edge being capable ofaccurate regulation.

A further object is to provide an edge cutter by means of which veneermay be cut into strips of the desired width, and pieces of veneering mayhave the edges thereof accurately trimmed.

A still further object is to provide a combined cutter and gage and bymeans of which the work may be scribed or marked, as well as cut whendesired, the device being provided with an adjustable cutter, as well asan adjustable positioning plate arranged opposite the cutter.

With these general objects in View and others that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and set forth inthe appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in whichlike-designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device partiallybroken away. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a top planview of the base member, and, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of theshiftable guide plate detached.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, a base block 10 is providedfor adjustably mounting thereon a cutter frame 11 and a guide plate 12.The said base has one face thereof provided with a chamber 13 from whicha screw 1 L projects, being centrally mounted therein. The upperthreaded end 15 of the said screw is positioned through a slot 16 in theframe 11 whereby the frame is slidably mounted upon the base and may beadjustably secured in the desired position by a lock nut 17 upon thescrew end 15. It is to be noted that the frame has a block 18 at one endthereof which is provided with an inner chamber 19, one end wall 20 atthe outer end of the block being cut away at the bottom thereof as at 21for allowing the block to slide longitudinally upon the base by means ofthe lower edge portions 22 of the block sides which are slidablypositioned in the opposite longitudinal edge slots 28 of the base.

The inner end of the base is provided with a transverse dove tail groove24; in which is slidably positioned a dove tail block 25 of the guideplate 12 while a set screw 26 is carried by the base and is adapted toengage the guide plate block 25 for retaining the guide plate in thedesired adjusted position. It is also noted that the width of the guideplate is sufficient to allow the longer edge 27 thereof to flatly engagethe lower face 28 of the cutter frame 11 when desired, although theguide plate may be relatively shifted as shown in Fig. 1, the said platehaving an outer reduced narrower portion 29 opposite the edge 27. Theend of the block 18 opposite the end wall 20 is entirely removed andadapted to accommodate the dove-tail block 25 of the plate 12 when theknife is positioned for the widest cut and with the adjacent end of theblock 18 in engagement with the rear face of the plate 12.

The cutter frame is provided with a hand hold knob 30 laterallyprojecting therefrom and upon the opposite side thereof from the block18 and at the opposite end of the frame from the said block, while alaterally projecting rectangular boss 31 is mounted upon the same sideof the frame as the said knob and is provided with a central slot 32through which a cutter or knife 33 is adjustably positioned and retainedtherein by means of the set screw 34.

When desired to either scribe or cut material with the device, the nut17 is slightly released and the cutter frame slid upon the base toposition the sharpened end 35 of the knife at the required distance fromthe adjacent face of the guide plate to allow the knife to out thedesired distance from the edge of the material when flatly engaged bythe said plate. When the device is grasped by the hands of the operatorby taking hold of the knob 30 and the base 10,

the guide plate is positioned fiatly against the edge of the material tobe operated upon and the knife pressed into the material and theinstrument forcibly drawn forward thus cutting or scribing the same bymeans of the knife in the manner desired. The depth of cut afforded bythe knife may be regulated by longitudinally shifting the knife andretaining the same by the set screw 34:, while the guide plate 12 may becorrespondingly shifted and retained by means of the set screw 26. Itwill of course be understood that the present device may be formed ofmetal or wood or any desired material and that the same is adapted forother analogous uses from those herein enumerated.

While the form of the invention herein shown and described is what isbelieved to be the preferred embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless tobe understood that minor changes may be made without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is 1. A device of the class described comprising abase having a chamber in one side thereof, a laterally projecting screwcentrally mounted within the said chamber, a frame having a chamberedblock at one end thereof and slidably mounted upon said base and havinga longitudinal slot through which the said screw projects, a

set nut upon the said screw, a shiftable guide plate carried by theinner end of the said block, an adjustable knife carried by the saidframe and oppositely positioned with respect to said plate, and a setscrew for the said knife.

2. A device of the class described comprising a base, a laterallyprojecting screw centrally carried thereby, a guide plate transverselyshiftable with respect to said base, a dove tail member upon said plateand adjustably secured to one end of the case, the said plate being ofgreater width and length than the said base end, a cutter frame havingan integral block portion upon one face thereof at one end of the frameslidably mounted upon the said base, a lock nut for said frame mountedupon the said screw, a boss and a hand knob carried by the face of saidframe opposite the said block portion, a knife slidably mounted in thesaid boss shiftable in the same direction as the said plate, the forwardend of said block portion being cut away, the said dove tail memberbeing positioned within said cut-away portion when the forward end ofsaid block portion is in engagement with the said plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS WALIGORSKI.

Witnesses ROMAN VUJINSKI, EMIL MONIUINK.

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